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What if the Indians Had an Infinite Payroll Starting from 2007?

Merritt Rohlfing — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:30:37 +0000

It’s a pastime of any wishful thinking baseball fan: what if I had a few billion dollars and could buy my favorite team? What would happen? Well, that’s a great question. The Dolans are far from poor, but the revenue streams the Indians have coming their way are all too minimal. So let’s have some fun, let’s spend some time re-breaking hearts and opening old wounds, let’s imagine the Indians signed a distribution deal with Fox Sports in, say, 2007 for more than what the Dodgers just did. How would that be different? Where would we be today? (more…)

Blue Jays Shut Down Indians 3-0

Brian Heise — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 10:00:08 +0000

After an offensive explosion on Saturday afternoon, the bats for both the Blue Jays and Indians fell silent on Sunday. In what might have been one of the least eventful games of the year, the Blue Jays were able to do just enough over the courser of nine innings to outlast the suddenly struggling Indians 3-0. The loss, combined with wins by both the White Sox and Tigers dropped the Indians back to third place and four games out of first with a record of 45-43. (more…)

Blue Jays Beat Up Indians 11-9

Brian Heise — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 10:00:26 +0000

Baseball is a funny game. Over the course of several games, weeks, or even months a pitcher can begin to instill confidence in a fan base. We begin to develop certain expectations and when those expectations are continually met, we’re happy. So happy, in fact, that we tend to forget all about any of the bad that might have preceded it. That is until that one game. That one game where it all hits the fan and we’re reminded of every single flaw in a pitcher’s arsenal. (more…)